Hairdressing device



, June 18, 1935. 'J. HALLOH HAIRDRESSING DEVICE Filed Dec. 1, 1933 INVENTOR I; ATTO'RNEY Patented June18, 1935 "Application This invention heliites tohairdressing "devices,

ai'id mbre particularly toidevicesior application 1 that distiirbanee of the formed Waves is reduced tea-minimum.

hair waving-as presently carried ch ms frequently necessary to apply a lotionfof a gummym atur to assist iii-setting the waves after they have been for-friedby combing'arid by ed justing and. pressingthe hair with the hands and.

fih'gers. When the hair has beenvtr'e'ated' with lotion and a wavekhas'been formed, it 'ha's'been found that ordinary combs cannot be us'd 'fo r' A the purpose of holding and settingth waves as the abrupt curvatures and c1ose:.:relation "of the individual strands of the hair and the 'gum'my material between the strandsuprevnts penetration ofthew'ave 'by'the teeth of theeoinb'ex ce'pt at the sacrifice of the regular form of the wave." It is usually neoessaryyfiirthermore; to introduce the teeth of any hairdressing device used fromthe' bottom upwardly, andordinary combs, in addition to causing destruction of the regularity of the, wave, tend to drop :or shake, loose from their own weight as-work: on other portions of the hair agitates the hair of 1 the formed wave. l 1 1, w It is, therefore, a further object of the inven; tion to provide a hairdressingdevice winch may be easily pushed through the formed wave for at considerable length of the s arne without:disturb ing the regular wave hair a are involved in the'fpai'ticular" wave. ,l V

To the attainment of these ends, the" inventon consistsprimarily of a very light' we'ight combshaped elenieit which theteet h aregw ee'iy s'paced from-each other and "reiat'i ey o g and form and size of the well' 'known' on the or" am be a starnhihg'ofalumifiufii ereurammm ormay 'bifibdueed'in any desired ifianilr ei-airy Shit ohlif Halloh, Sunnys i dm i Deoemher V1, eolahiisifloi.

- lem nt formation 'and' which remain in position and holdrthewave in ioimadsofthe sha poo-A55 ablemateriali: Itiha's been found that with such a; comb -'shaped element? the teeth iniay be passed throughout the formedgummywaive without dis turbing its =regula'rity and that the back *ofth'e element; from which 1 the-teeth project, may b'e a forced -;.against the. lowerside of "the :Wave; the element will remain lsubstantiallyin position and holdthe wave in formation'if care is e xere clS8d:-by the hair-dresser in the further dressin operation. 1 l 1 To insureag-ainstdisplacement: of thecomb= shaped element andvpermit the dresser torc'arry on later operations with greater snedandasie; aslocking element; or clasp, isassoeiated, with the comb-shaped element so that in cooperation they provide means for holding :ai formed waverinafiec-ted. :by agitation of other portions of the strands constitutingithe wave or agitation of other portions ofthehair;

; ,TI-n lthe accompanyingdrawmg; whereiriissho'wn a preferred embodiment of :the invention:*-

- ,Fig, V1; is a view of a part of thehair of. a head with two of the hairdressing appliances inwposi i g: iew in perspective tof oneof-rthe hairdressing appliances; showing the 3; clasp, or locking device, in -full lines in the position-given it--- -when introducing the -comb ielement into-a waveand :ind tted lines int-the position given it forloeking; 4 s

to, Eig B but showing the locking element swun'g i lFig;--3 isaview, in central icross-seoti'onof the upwardly .on its pivot against. a fulcrum stop {and 'thespring stressed as by: the forefinger tocause theulooking bar {to hurdle. the teeth of the comb Fig i {5 is a'vviews nilar tolFigsx 3 and: 4--"show,- ing en iiimi the lpck' ne b rr assume en the spring is released; and I H w .F-ig. (if is a yiew similar to-Eigs=;3,-4 and 5but hovvirg the comb; element imposition in a haire' me n wi lo in P w o e pos eferring more detaiLto th ernb odirnentlof' the invention shown in the 1 drawing, t comb-v shapedlfeler'nentj L0 is a stamping as aluminum having "a" back] i, which is preferably arcuate to Substantially conform to ahead ciirvatilrfi; and having a multiplicity of teethj lZ; "I'heflback is thin and narrow as shown, and. co'rfsequentlyli'ght' each project about an inch or somewhat more from an edge l3 of the back, and they lie in an arcuate series spaced from each other about threesixteenths of an inch to one-quarter of an inch. Because of this particular relationship of teeth and the specified sizes and weight, this toothed element may be passed from below until the teeth have passed through a formed wave and the back is brought against the lower side thereof, thus biting substantial amounts of the hair between successive teeth of the row.

The comb-shaped element described will remain in position and hold the formed wave against displacement, provided the hairdresser uses reasonable care in subsequent manipulation of the strandsor of the hair on other portions of the head; but to relieve the necessity of such careful attention to the finished part of'the work and to insure setting of the wave in substantially the position to which it was originally formed, a locking device, or clasp, I5 is provided. This comprises a locking bar i8, which may desirably be of flat metal stock and shaped so that flatwise it conforms to theshape of thetooth series of element In. The'center of the bar i6 is united with a spring element l'l preferably of flat spring metal stock, which when unstressed has a shape as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawing or other suitable shape to perform the functions to be described. The other end of the spring is pivoted on a pin I8 which is mounted in a yoke portion: I! of a small light-weight'bracket 20 riveted or otherwise secured to the back II of thgscomb-shaped element midway between its en y a The securing of the bracket 20 on the back H isdone with a view to the movement of the spring I! so that it may extend between two of the teeth I! when the device is in operative position.

In applying the device to the hair after a wave has been formed, a convenient method is to grip the yoke 9'of bracketlfl between the thumb and foreilngerand push the device upwardly until the teeth enter the'under side of the wave as near as possible to the scalp. The device is then continued in its upward movement giving the points of the teeth a direction slightly away irom'the scalp. During these movements, the locking bar and spring may rest in lower pivot position underneath the hand. When the upper parts o1 the teeth of the comb element are projected through the wave, the bar i6 may be manipulated to swing the spring l1 around its pivot l8 until it abuts a stop 2| onthe bracket 20 and the spring may be thenstres's'ed to permit passage of the bar over the points of the 'teeth to hurdle the series. Upon releasing the bar in this position, the spring urges it down upon the upper side of the wave behind the teethf thus in effect clasping the wave and preventingfiisplacement[of the device.

In practice, one of thedevices may be applied as shown in Fig. 1 MK, and subsequently the dresser operates upon the same strands as involved in the wave at X butfurther out toward the ends of thestrands as indicated at Y. It has been found thatthe deviceat X permits vigorous combing, pressing and adjusting, of these same strands without disturbing the wave at X or in" any way interfering. with a. highly. satisfactory setting of the wave.

It,will be noted that the shape of the spring I1 is such that no part of it bears against the formed wave, and the continuous character of the wave is therefore maintained. While several such springs might be used, as, for example, one at each end of the locking bar, it is preferred to use only the one at the center of the bar and to stamp the bar and spring in one piece from flat stock. It will be obvious that many other changes in construction might be made without departing from the underlying principles of the invention.

The appliance is particularly useful in dressing unruly or stubborn portions of the hair. Where such conditions exist it has been necessary formerly to apply an excess quantity of lotion, in some cases so much that the lotion is apt to flow onto the face and neck, and in all cases so much that the drying time is unduly lengthened. The present invention provides a ready means for control of such conditions and effects adequate setting of waves in unruly hair portions with no more than the usual application of lotion for a normal tractable hair condition. Thus the disagreeable aspect of an applied excess of lotion is removed and the drying time is materially shortened.

What is claimed is:

V 1. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a comb element, a locking bar, and resilient means connecting. the bar to thecomb element, said resilient means being adapted to permit the bar to pass over the teeth of the comb from one side to the other and cause thebar to bear on a hair formation through which the teeth of the comb have been passed.

2. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a comb element, a locking bar, and resilient means pivoted to the comb element and having at the free end the locking bar, said resilient means being adapted for pivoting and stressing to permit the bar to hurdle the teeth of the comb.

3. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a curved comb element in which the teeth are spaced in an arcuate series, and a locking bar correspondingly arcuate attached to and movably related with the comb element by means having provision for permitting the bar to be moved over the tops of the comb teeth and down into a position of conformity with the inside of the arcuate series of teeth.

4. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a comb element having a back, a series of pin-like teeth relatively widely spaced along said back. and means for holding said comb element against falling out of the hair when the teeth have been pushed upwardly through a hair formation, said means comprising a piece of sheet spring-metal formed in the shape of a bar with a bowed connector, the latter being connected to the back of the comb' and being adapted to yield to permit movement of the bar over the endsofthe teeth so that the bar may press on the hair formation at'the inner side of the teeth with the bow of the connector permitting protrusion of a hair wave substantially beyond the other side of the tooth series.

5. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a comb teeth and released to come to rest on the hair wave behind the teeth, and the spring being movement of the bar away from the teeth during I shaped to be non-interfering with the hair wave when the parts are so positioned.

6. A hairdressing appliance, comprising a comb element having long fine teeth relatively widely spaced, and a locking bar associated with said comb element by means adapted to move between adjacent teeth, said means having provisiomfor the application of the comb element to the hair and for movement of the bar to the inner side of the comb element after introduction of the latter to the hair.

JOHN HALLOH. 

